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Ithaca College Students Head to Rio to Assist with NBC Olympics
Coverage

When the world’s best athletes gather in Brazil to compete
in the Olympics, Ithaca College students will play vital
behind-the-scenes roles in order to bring the event to audiences in
the U.S. NBC has chosen
13 interns from the college’s Roy H. Park School of
Communications to support the network’s coverage of the
2016 Summer Olympic
Games, being held Aug. 5–21 in Rio de Janeiro.

“I’m very proud that NBC has recruited interns from
the Park School for every Olympics since 2006; for each of these
students, it represents a validation of the comprehensive education
they’ve received in their courses, in our co-curricular
student media organizations, and through prior internships,”
said Diane
Gayeski, dean of the Park School. “I consistently hear
from internship supervisors that our students are not only
well-prepared, but that they also are exceptionally hard working
and team oriented. The Olympics will provide an exceptionally
challenging and complex environment for them to build their skills
and professional networks.”

Thirteen Ithaca College students will serve as interns for NBC
Sports during the Rio Olympics.

Three of the students will serve their internship assignments in
or around Rio de Janeiro. The remaining 10 will be at the NBC
Sports broadcast and production facility in Stamford, Connecticut.
Some have been assigned to specific events, including basketball,
gymnastics, swimming and track and field. Others will handle tasks
such as reviewing video for what’s known as the Highlights
Factory, which the network developed to package and distribute
coverage through multiple media platforms.

Samantha Meyers, a senior majoring in television-radio, will be
an ad inserter in Stamford.

“I’m going to be finding a logical place within
games to insert advertisements without interrupting the flow of the
event,” said Meyers.

For many of the students, the internships serve as an
introduction to their chosen career paths and an opportunity to be
involved in a historic event.

“I am thrilled for the opportunity to work with the NBC
Sports team covering the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de
Janeiro,” said Jacob Asman, a senior television-radio major
who serves as the play-by-play commentator for Ithaca College
football games on the college’s radio station, WICB.
“As an aspiring sports broadcaster, I couldn’t be more
grateful for the chance to represent Ithaca College, while
contributing to one of the world’s biggest sports
broadcasts.”

Some of the interns are athletes themselves, and are eager to
watch some of the 41 different Olympic sports. Senior communication
management and design major Madeleine Overholt, who will be in Rio,
plays on the Ithaca College women’s tennis team, and is
looking forward to watching tennis as well as some sports that
receive less year-round media coverage, like swimming.

“I’m excited to see all the sports, especially the
events you don’t normally get to see,” said
Overholt.